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Bagha Shad

Prince of Western Turkic Qaghanate

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Bagha Shad (; ) was a Göktürk shad or general of the early 7th century. He was a close kinsman and subject of the Western Turkic khagan, Tong Yabghu. Bagha Shad was probably the father of Böri Shad and may have been the yabghu or prince of the Khazars.

He is referred to in Chinese sources as having sojourned in China in 618–626, possibly as Tong Yabghu's emissary to the Tang emperor. Thereafter he disappears from the historical record.

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Who was Bagha Shad?

prince of Western Turkic Qaghanate

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Bagha Shad

· Wikidata: Q235856

· DBpedia: Bagha Shad

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